The tragic death of a girl diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy was due to severe neglect and malnutrition on the part of her mother and other caregivers. Angela Norman, 42, of Dayton, Ohio, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter on Friday after her daughter, Makayla, died in March 2011 from nutritional and medical neglect. READ MORE HERE
BOWLING GREEN — A 2-year-old girl whose death in March was ruled a homicide Wednesday had signs on her body of previous abuse, authorities said. Emma Zehnpfennig, who lived in Bowling Green with her elder sister, mother, and mother’s boyfriend, died March 1 after spending seven days on life support at Mercy St. Vincent Medical Center, Lucas County Deputy Coroner Dr. Diane Scala-Barnett said. READ MORE HERE
Sickening collection included images of youngsters being forced into sex with animals
An adviser to Britain’s police chiefs downloaded more than 100,000 images of child porn – including a guide on how to abuse infants. Among Nicholas White’s sickening collection were images of youngsters being forced into sex acts with animals. The 28-year-old was jailed for six months after he admitted 18 counts of making indecent images of children, two counts of possession of indecent images of children and two counts of possessing extreme pornography. READ MORE HERE
LIVONIA, Mich. (WJBK) — A jilted boyfriend told by his girlfriend their relationship was over snaps with an axe and a gun. Sources close to the investigation describe a bloody scene inside a home on Sunnydale near Five Mile and Inkster Road in Livonia. Police say 19-year-old Brian Douglas White went to the home of his 17-year-old ex-girlfriend. READ MORE HERE
A Dieruff High School math teacher offered a 16-year-old student extra credit if she texted him pictures of herself naked, police say. Timothy C. Moll, 25, told the girl by text message that if she sent him the pictures and he was “turned on,” she could earn extra points toward her grade, according to an arrest affidavit. The 2005 Dieruff graduate also sent several texts of a sexual nature to the girl for two weeks starting Jan. 17, the court record states. READ MORE HERE
MORENO VALLEY — A school board member from the Inland Empire already charged with attempted murder is facing 11 new felonies, including rape, pimping and pandering. 42-year-old Mike Luis Rios is a board member for the Moreno Valley Unified School District. He was arrested around 6 p.m. Wednesday when Moreno Valley police pulled him over outside his home on Palm Shadows Drive. READ MORE HERE
A mother murders her disabled daughter by feeding her M&M’s. Veronica Cirella, 31, has been accused of killing her daughter after feeding Julie, her eight-year-old disabled daughter who suffered from a peanut allergy, M&M’s with traces of peanuts in Long Island, New York in 2011. Julie was diagnosed with cerebral palsy as an infant and was confined to a wheelchair. READ MORE HERE
One child sex attack was reported every 20 minutes last year, equivalent to 444 attacks a week, according to shocking police figures released today. About 23,000 children were reported victims in England and Wales during 2010/11 but fewer than 10 per cent of cases ended in a conviction. There were 4,973 alleged victims aged ten and under, including 1,472 younger than six. READ MORE HERE
A social worker who subjected his stepchildren to almost a decade of ‘deliberate and unceasing cruelty’ has been jailed for nearly nine years. Victor Lindsay, 45, brutally beat and tortured his girlfriend’s three children Leon, Leona, and Cleo, who were aged five, four and two respectively when the attacks began in 1985. Horrified Judge William Kennedy said Lindsay’s actions represented an ‘extraordinary contradiction’ considering he had worked for many years as a social worker and a youth worker. The horrific abuse began with Lindsay dangling the youngsters over a high balcony before degenerating into extreme violence. READ MORE HERE
Lakeland, FL–A Lakeland man who entertains kids across Central Florida with his mobile video arcade is accused of sex attacks on children, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. Leonard Richard Filipkowski, who owns a Games 2 U mobile-arcade franchise, confessed to giving alcohol to a then-13-year-old boy in his video-game van in 2010 before molesting the child, the Sheriff’s Office said Tuesday. READ MORE HERE
ST. CROIX, U.S. Virgin Islands — A woman is facing possible criminal charges for allegedly driving with her newborn baby in her handbag. Officers reportedly pulled the woman over for a routine traffic stop Tuesday. While asking for the woman’s license, the officer heard a baby crying but could not see one, The Associated Press reported. READ MORE HERE
CORONA, CA — The pastor of a small church in Corona and two other men pleaded not guilty to charges of allegedly kidnapping and torturing a boy in a cruel case of discipline. Pastor Lonnie Remmers, 54, along with Nick Craig, 22, and Darryll Jeter, 28 now face a variety of charges. Craig and Jeter are each charged with nine felonies, including kidnap, criminal threats and assault. READ MORE HERE
A retired second grade teacher from Florida was caught trying to wrangle a three way with two underage girls. Dale Chisena, 60, traveled from Florida to Kentucky, under the impression that he would soon be having sex with two young girls, aged 11 and 9, but was instead met by police officers. READ MORE HERE
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